Maharashtra's political drama peaked as Eknath Shinde resigned while attending Constitution Day celebrations, with BJP sources hinting at Fadnavis's return as CM. The Supreme Court marked Constitution Day with significant rulings, dismissing petitions to remove "secular" from the preamble and rejecting demands for paper ballots with pointed criticism of selective EVM complaints.
The Sambhal mosque violence investigation revealed CCTV footage of protesters shooting at police, while FIRs named Samajwadi MP Barq as key instigator. This narrative shifted focus from previous days' civilian casualties to organized resistance.
India-Bangladesh tensions escalated over ISKCON priest Chinmoy Das's arrest, with Bangladesh rejecting India's diplomatic concerns as "unfounded." Evening headlines reported a lawyer's death in related protests.
By nightfall, attention shifted to Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire negotiations, with Netanyahu claiming to have pushed Hezbollah "decades back" while approving the deal.